He wasn't wrong—the sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. But what is that giant ball of fire in the sky? How ...

NASA's PUNCH sun-studying mission has seen first light — and the team says all four instruments are indeed working as ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

but it is an opportunity to take a break from worldly matters and witness our place in the solar system. During the eclipse, the moon will appear to take a bite out of the sun, but how much varies ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet ... Combination of Cosmic ...

"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object has ever been." ...

A partial solar eclipse is when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on our planet without fully blocking out the sun. The moon will produce a striking crescent sun at ...

With a deep partial solar eclipse already in progress, a crescent sun will appear on the eastern horizon. Thirteen U.S. states will see the March 29 solar eclipse in some form, with a deeper ...